Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On June 21, 2021, OSHA published an interim final rule establishing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present (86 FR 32376). The ETS…… Continue reading OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking
Project Firstline 2022 Launch of New Resources: Risk Recognition and Infection Control in Health Care
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Project Firstline is excited to announce the availability of our newest suite of infection control educational resources and training materials! These new resources are designed to help all healthcare workers gain a foundational understanding of infection control, so they can recognize the risk for germs to…… Continue reading Project Firstline 2022 Launch of New Resources: Risk Recognition and Infection Control in Health Care
New Mask Sign for Facilities: Masks Help Protect Everyone
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Masks can help protect you and others from COVID-19. This sign (CDC) is designed for facilities to print out and place on their entry doors to remind everyone to wear masks in the facility. Learn more about infection prevention and control recommendations for healthcare personnel during…… Continue reading New Mask Sign for Facilities: Masks Help Protect Everyone
OIG Adds COVID-19 Vaccination Status of Nursing Home Staff to Work Plan
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare OIG (Office of Inspector General) has just added COVID-19 Vaccination Status of Nursing Home Staff to its work plan. Residents of long-term care facilities (nursing homes) have been severely impacted by COVID-19 and are disproportionately represented in the number of COVID-19-related deaths in the United States.…… Continue reading OIG Adds COVID-19 Vaccination Status of Nursing Home Staff to Work Plan
Quality Measure Rating Threshold Changes with the April 2022 Refresh
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In March 2019, CMS released memorandum QSO-19-08-NH, which outlined a plan to update the quality measure (QM) rating thresholds every six months. The plan was to increase the thresholds by 50% of the average rate of improvement in QM rating scores. For example, if there is…… Continue reading Quality Measure Rating Threshold Changes with the April 2022 Refresh
Act Now to Protect Against Potential Cyberattacks
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Monday, March 21, 2022, the White House issued this Fact Sheet (note also the call this afternoon – Tuesday, March 22, 2022, details at end of this blog): “The Biden-Harris Administration has warned repeatedly about the potential for Russia to engage in malicious cyber activity…… Continue reading Act Now to Protect Against Potential Cyberattacks
Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted nursing home data for the week ending March 6, 2022. Comparing the March 6th data to the February 27th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate rose 0.2% from the previous weekResidents with booster doses (new the week of 2/6) increased by 1.1% this past weekStaff vaccination…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) Quarterly Q&As, March 2022, Consolidated June 2020 to March 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) Quarterly Q&As, March 2022, Consolidated June 2020 to March 2022 document so that all IRF providers have the benefit of the clarifications to existing guidance. Through inquiries to…… Continue reading Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) Quarterly Q&As, March 2022, Consolidated June 2020 to March 2022
2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare It’s here! I wait every year for the Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures. This year the 122-page report also includes a special report: More Than Normal Aging: Understanding Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures is a statistical resource for U.S. data related…… Continue reading 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures
Agency Information (CMS) Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Federal Register published this CMS Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. The link to the public inspection (PDF) 6-page document is here. [Document Identifier: CMS–10573 and CMS– 10106] The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…… Continue reading Agency Information (CMS) Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request
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